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March 25, 2013, 5:25 AM

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Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: F.A.A. May Loosen Curbs on Fliers' Use of Electronics  —  If you're sitting on a plane at the gate and reading this column on an electronic gadget, you're about to hear eight dreaded words: “Please power down your electronic devices for takeoff.”
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Windows Blue leaks online, includes smaller Live Tiles, new side-by-side Snap Views, and IE 11  —  An early build of Windows Blue, the next version of Windows, has leaked online on the same day that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrates his 57th birthday.  Build 9364, a partner version …
Horace Dediu / asymco:
So long, break-even  —  iTunes store will be 10 years old next month.  From its inception Apple has stated that it aims to run the store “at break-even”.  The business has grown so rapidly however that its profit-free nature has come under severe pressure.
More: Cult of Mac and MacNN.  Tweets: @eriklarsson
Chris Ziegler / The Verge:
T-Mobile's new contract-free pricing plans are live  —  As expected, T-Mobile has pulled the wraps off a new plan structure that eliminates two-year contracts altogether, part of its upcoming “Uncarrier” initiative to streamline pricing.  A base price of $50 per month buys you 500MB of high-speed data …
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
How Companies Could Unlock Stashed Foreign Earnings  —  HERE'S a novel way to drive up a company's share price: Pay billions of dollars in additional taxes.  —  Deliberately bloating your own tax bill isn't a common strategy, of course.  To the contrary, an army of lawyers, accountants …
More: ParisLemon
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Winklevoss Brothers Move On From Facebook  —  As you sit across from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, it is easy to lose track of whom exactly you're talking to.  Tall, blue-eyed and each built as broad-shouldered as a fridge, the twins are identical right down to their entrees: a pair of lobster rolls, with potato chips.
Tweets: @mathewi
Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:
Michael Dell Could Lose CEO Job in Rival Buyout Bid  —  Michael Dell kicked off the process to take Dell Inc. private.  Now as other potential bidders crowd into the picture, Mr. Dell may end up losing control of his company.  —  Blackstone Group LP and activist investor Carl Icahn expressed interest …
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Michael Hiltzik / Los Angeles Times:
How Apple invites facile analysis  —  Conjecture and misunderstanding can trump actual knowledge when it comes to evaluating a company; the hubbub surrounding Apple is a case study.  —  Tech conjecture on Apple has been little more than myth-making.  Above, iPads for sale in China.
More: Forbes and Fortune.  Tweets: @latimeshiltzik
Chris Matyszczyk / CNET:
Don't Glass and drive — lawmakers seek to ban Google Glass on the road  —  West Virginia lawmakers are already pouncing on the existence of Google Glass and introducing a bill that would prohibit drivers from making a spectacle of themselves.  —  Dabbling in politics can bring troubling consequences.

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